FDR hated the Jews

Bush said We shoulda bombed Auschwitz.

Free Republic cannot resist the temptation to revise even this sacred (to them) period of history to bash the hated FDR and prove Bush right again:

Auschwitz was once bombed ACCIDENTALLY when a nearby chemical factory was targeted.

The inmates at Auschwitz were overjoyed, they thought that FDR had finally listened to their prayers. Instead, FDR told the Air Force to never let it happen again.

1. No one was able to believe the Holocaust that was going on in the concentration camps until they were actually liberated. That's why the pictures were so important.

2. In the linked article this accidental bombing was discussed. Apparently, hundreds of jews were killed, and no further damage was done.

3. I really doubt FDR needed to tell the pilots to stop accidentally bombing targets that weren't important to the German war machine. Much less specifically choose concentration camps to protect. Cute implication, though.

FDR’s State Department worked very hard not to save any of the Holocaust victims or to let them immigrate to the United States. I suggest you read up on the subject.

Assistant Secretary of State Breckinridge Long outlines ways in which consulates can indefinitely postpone granting visas. “We can delay and effectively stop for a temporary period of indefinite length the number of immigrants into the United States. We could do this by simply advising our consuls to put every obstacle in the way and to require additional evidence and to resort to various administrative devices which would postpone and postpone and postpone the granting of the visas.”

This kind of realpolitik selfishness is pretty rough in retrospect. But again, we didn't know about the exterminations at this time. And America was eventually persuaded to allow emigration. Also, it's not on the subject of bombing.

FDR could care less about some Jews dying in Auschwitz. He gets a pass because liberal historians love his socialistic policies.

And you can bet if FDR was a Republican, all you'd ever hear from them is how he interned the Japanese.

Yes, FDR's evil is hidden from us by the press, who never (LBJ) tears (Carter) down (Wilson) historic liberals.

That would have destroyed the German facilities but would also have killed hundreds or thousands of Jewish prisoners.

Which would have amounted to much less than a day's work for the Germans at Auschwitz.

See, the Jews were being killed faster than we could bomb them to death...yesh, that's the stuff! FDR Baaad, even though WW-2 Goood!